House v.4.0 (finally) goes analog

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
edited January 2013 in 2 Channel Audio
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With our son home for the holidays from grad school, we've found some time to go through the record collection at House v.3.0 with an eye towards organizing, culling(!), and continuing the relocation of said vinyl to House v.4.0 :-)

Mrs H and I spent some time over the weekend schlepping and organizing some stuff (including another bolus of the aforesaid 'vinyls') up at the new house. I actually managed to find time - finally - to hook up a phono preamp (my trusty old Bottlehead Seduction) and a tt (my $7 charity fleamarket find b&o TX-2 equipped with a b&o MMC-4 cartridge) and even spin a few tunes. The Seduction is, unfortunately, a bit short on gain (and the Dynaco SCA-35 currently on-line at the new house has only a passive line-level "preamp" section)... but all did sound very nice in the new room.

Brought tears to my eyes, in fact.

If any of youse guys doubt that horn-loaded drivers are incapable of "imaging"... you've gotta come by sometime soon and give a listen :-)

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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited January 2013
    Nice HK receiver in the second pic.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
    which one? There are three receivers and one amp in the photo :-)
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  • hewlew1
    hewlew1 Posts: 154
    edited January 2013
    I am guessing he is referring to the twin power HK. Second shelf up on the left.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited January 2013
    I doubt that horn loaded speakers can image, so I will be by this afternoon for a late lunch and a few brews. What are we having? :cheesygrin:

    Nice setup, nothing beats a good day of tinkering and tunes.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
    hewlew1 wrote: »
    I am guessing he is referring to the twin power HK. Second shelf up on the left.
    The hk430 and the hk690i are both twin power (although the latter has dual secondary windings on a single power transformer, rather than completely dual power transformers as did the 430). Both nice receivers (the 430 I have was a freebie and it does work, but it 'needs tlc', as they say).

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    codyc1ark wrote: »
    I doubt that horn loaded speakers can image, so I will be by this afternoon for a late lunch and a few brews. What are we having? :cheesygrin:

    Nice setup, nothing beats a good day of tinkering and tunes.

    Make it next weekend, and we can pop open a home brew or two - I am part of a small brewing consortium with some friends in the vicinity Hv3.0).
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2013
    Nice rig.

    That Yamaha tuner looks familiar.

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
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    It's a CT-1010; good sounding and fairly good performing solid state tuner.
    It came from DaveMuell :-)

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2013
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    which one? There are three receivers and one amp in the photo :-)

    I kinda noticed there was more than one on that shelf! Very nice Mark. I'm running my HK 430/Dynaco A25s today with a lowly Realistic LAB 290. First some college FM. Then a little afternoon vinyl with tea and scones!

    Enjoy!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
    it is a tea 'n' scones kind of day in New England today (bright and cold, at least in MA)!
    Having clotted cream/Devonshire cream with those scones? :-)

    EDIT: FWIW, the Hardy family's two favorite tea purveyors:
    www.uptontea.com
    www.harney.com
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2013
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    it is a tea 'n' scones kind of day in New England today (bright and cold, at least in MA)!
    Having clotted cream/Devonshire cream with those scones? :-)

    EDIT: FWIW, the Hardy family's two favorite tea purveyors:
    www.uptontea.com
    www.harney.com

    No, but I am considering it "now"!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
    mmm - congealed milk fat! :-)

    In the absence of clotted cream... raspberry preserves is the way to go (in my hardly-humble opinion)... or, in the perfect world, both.
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